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Gage, Oklahoma

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Northeast Ellis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73843. The Survey maps it on the Gage quadrangle. 433 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,146 feet above sea level.

Gage within Ellis County

On record in Gage

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Gage fell from 442 to 433 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010442
2020433-9 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Gage: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Caliche PitLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Unknown Caliche PitLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Unknown Caliche PitLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Unknown Caliche PitLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Unknown Caliche PitLimestone, GeneralPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ellis County

Storms near this place

60 of 70 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gage in 70 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 35 hail, 30 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2012Thunderstorm WindGage$45,000Emergency manager reported outbuildings were damaged, a mobile home was blown off its foundation, and power lines were downed.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindGage$35,000Straight-line winds toppled approximately a half a mile of cars of a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindGage$25,000Train derailment with 15-20 train cars off tracks.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindGage$3,000Post Office employee reported 6-8 inch diameter branches down. Other numerous smaller branches were down between Gage and Fargo.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindGage$1,000Six to seven inch diameter tree limbs were downed.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindGage$50Several three inch diameter tree limbs were downed.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindGage-KGAG recorded a gust to 59 mph.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindGage-A heat burst within the anvil of the parent thunderstorm generated a 62 mph wind gust. No damage was reported.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindGage-A heat burst within the anvil of the parent storm generated a 61 mph wind gust. No damage was reported.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindGage-The ASOS at Gage recorded a wind gust to 81 mph at 5:49pm CDT. A wind gust to 71 mph was also recorded five minutes earlier at 5:44pm CDT.
June 2003Heavy RainGage-A low area along Highway 15 in Gage was covered by floodwaters to a depth of about one foot.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindGage-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
October 2000Flash FloodGage-Numerous streets were flooded.
May 1997Flash FloodGage-State Highway 46 was under water due to flash flooding.
May 1997Flash FloodGage-Three feet of water covered State Highway 46.
May 2024HailGage-no account filed
May 2024HailGage-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindGage-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindGage-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindGage-no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindGage-no account filed
July 2013Thunderstorm WindGage-no account filed
May 2013HailGage-no account filed
April 2012HailGage-no account filed
March 2012HailGage-no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindGage-no account filed
May 2010Thunderstorm WindGage-no account filed
May 2010HailGage-no account filed
May 2010Thunderstorm WindGage-no account filed
April 2009HailGage-no account filed
May 2008HailGage-no account filed
May 2007HailGage-no account filed
June 2007Heavy RainGage-no account filed
June 2007HailGage-no account filed
May 2007HailGage-no account filed
April 2004HailGage-no account filed
June 2004HailGage-no account filed
June 2002HailGage-no account filed
June 2002HailGage-no account filed
August 2002HailGage-no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindGage-no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindGage-no account filed
May 2001HailGage-no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindGage-no account filed
October 2000HailGage-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindGage-no account filed
September 1999Thunderstorm WindGage-no account filed
April 1999HailGage-no account filed
April 1999HailGage-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindGage-no account filed
May 1999HailGage-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindGage-no account filed
June 1997HailGage-no account filed
May 1997HailGage-no account filed
May 1997HailGage-no account filed
May 1997HailGage-no account filed
May 1997HailGage-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindGage-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindGage-no account filed
June 1995HailGage-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ellis County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Shattuck7.1 miles9
Fargo8.2 miles8
Touzalin11.6 miles9
Chaney12.3 miles8
Goodwin12.5 miles8
Arnett12.5 miles8
Harmon15.8 miles9
Catesby16.4 miles8

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on GageAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2052643The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1093087. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.